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French Frigate Downs Drones Over Red Sea

A French frigate - File photo by AFP
A French frigate - File photo by AFP
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French Frigate Downs Drones Over Red Sea

A French frigate - File photo by AFP
A French frigate - File photo by AFP

A French frigate shot down two drones in the Red Sea that were heading towards it from the coast of Yemen, the French military said on Sunday.

"The interception and destruction of these two identified threats" were carried out late Saturday by the frigate Languedoc, which operates in the Red Sea, the general staff said in a press release.

The interceptions happened at 2030 GMT and 2230 GMT, it added, and were 110 km (68 miles) from the Yemeni coast, AFP reported.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis on Saturday threatened to attack any vessels heading to Israeli ports unless food and medicine were allowed into the besieged Gaza Strip.

The latest warning comes amid heightened tensions in the Red Sea and surrounding waters following a series of maritime attacks by Houthis since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7.

An American destroyer shot down three drones last week while providing assistance to commercial ships in the Red Sea targeted by attacks from Yemen, according to Washington, which denounced "a direct threat" to maritime security.

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Israeli Fire Wounds 5 in South Lebanon as Residents Try to Return

Israeli tanks maneuvers inside Wadi al-Saluki, southern Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Israeli tanks maneuvers inside Wadi al-Saluki, southern Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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Israeli Fire Wounds 5 in South Lebanon as Residents Try to Return

Israeli tanks maneuvers inside Wadi al-Saluki, southern Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Israeli tanks maneuvers inside Wadi al-Saluki, southern Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Israeli fire wounded five people in south Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanese media and security sources said, as residents sought to return to homes in the border area where Israeli forces remained on the ground after a deadline for their withdrawal passed.
Israel said on Friday it intended to keep troops on the ground beyond the Sunday deadline stipulated in the US-brokered ceasefire that halted last year's war with the Hezbollah. Israel did not say how long its forces would remain.
The deal stipulated that Israeli forces should withdraw from south Lebanon as Hezbollah's weapons and fighters were removed from the area and the Lebanese army deployed, within in a 60-day period which ended on Sunday morning.
Israel has said the terms had not been fully enforced by the Lebanese state, while Lebanon's military on Saturday accused Israel of procrastinating in its withdrawal.
Lebanon's National News Agency reported that Israeli forces opened fire on residents of the village of Kfar Kila after they crossed a barricade put up by Israeli forces, wounding five.
The Israeli military said it was looking into the report.
Kfar Kila is one of dozens of border villages that the Israeli military has said residents are forbidden from returning to until further notice.